THE SOMME FRONT

Nelson Evening Mail, 31 July 1916, Page 5

THE SOMME FRONT

FURTHER PROGRESS BY THE \ FRENCH. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.! •" PARIS, July 29. A communique states that we cpulsed two strong -detachments west o f Vermaiid Villers. Grenade and mine fighting enabled ns to occupy two craters at Fillemort. on the Somme. We have made progress westward of Thiaumont Wood. Two German attacks in the Vosgos southward of the Col de St. Marie were The cable news in this issue accredited to The Times lias appeared in that journal, but only where expressly stated is foch news the editorial opinion of The Times. .

repulsed, the first with the bayonet, while the curtain fire dispersed the .-e----cond, inflicting material losses. In many air combats we brought down German machines.

The attack against Hill 504 failed. Two attacks against Fleury were bioken, by curtain and infantry fire, inflicting serious losses. We took some trench elements north of La- Chapelle St. Fine and in the region of Thiaumont. Onr aeroplanes in 34 combats in the region of Amiens forced five enemy machines to descend-. Onr squadrons on Friday night dropped shells on bivouacs, depots and railway stations on the enemy front between Chaulnes and Soye. VIOLENT CANNONADE EAST OF THE MEUSE. (Reuter's Telegrams.) PARIS. July 30. A communique states that there is nothing to report apart from a- violent cannonade on the right bank of the Meuse in the region of La Chapelle St. Foine. GERMAN COMMUNIQUE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association ) PARIS. July 29. A German communique says:— "Enemy attacks in the Fozieres region and also due north of the Somme were stifled."